The Poconos

Mom and child enjoying a riverside bike ride

The Poconos are a four-season destination, and one of many reasons why purchasing Real Estate and Custom Home Building in the Poconos are so highly desired by so many. Pike, Wayne and Monroe Counties, PA, also known as the Gateway to the Poconos, are the perfect setting where homeownership offers four seasons of endless fun! Designated as commuter communities to the New York Metropolitan area, Northern New Jersey and Orange County, New York, our magnificent area offers exceptional and distinctive advantages for business and for living. Come and visit and see why so many people and businesses call our area home. You just may decide to make our area your home too!

Victorian Village of Milford

Our days are filled with nature’s beauty and charmed with our many historic villages and towns. The Pocono Mountains area offers a wealth of pleasurable pastimes, be it live theatre, jazz, or angling in a stream – a truly vibrant, cultural and richly historic area. Enjoy the delightful, historic Village of Milford, awarded “one of the top ten coolest small towns in America,” nestled in a valley beneath pine and hemlock covered hills, and brimming with shops and restaurants. Take pleasure in our beautiful Mountain Laurel, the numerous streams and waterfalls, the many lakes and the Lake Wallenpaupak area, Shawnee, the scenic Delaware River and the Bushkill.

The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area offers boating, water rafting, kayaking, fishing, swimming, biking and much more. Ski at Shawnee Mountain, Camelback, Alpine Mountain, Big Bear, to name just a few.

The thrill of winter skiing!

If golf is your game, we are your destination! We have the Buck Hill Golf Club, Country Club at Woodloch Springs, Fernwood Resort, Split Rock, Jack Frost National Golf Club, Mount Airy Casino Resort & Golf Club, Shawnee Inn, and Skytop Lodge – and those are just a few of many. There are hiking and backpacking trails and thousands of acres of preserved Federal and State lands and parks. From the Pocono Raceway and NASCAR Poconos 500, to the Milford Music in the Park events, the Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival, the Annual Poconos Blues Festival, the Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, and the Black Bear Film Festival, our area brings all of this to you! Antiquing is plentiful throughout our villages and towns, and great shopping areas are in close proximity. We have wonderful restaurants, inns and hotels, such as Hotel Fauchere, Mt. Haven Resort, The Harrington House, Settlers Inn, The Waterwheel, and Peters to host you.

So many ways to enjoy our rivers!

Our schools have made top grades in academic excellence and high standards. There are youth programs for every young person’s needs.

We are commuter friendly with major train and bus lines and interstate access. It’s just a short 70 miles from Pike County to the GW Bridge, 64 miles from the Dingmans Ferry Bridge to the Lincoln Tunnel, 15 minutes from Pike County to Middletown in Orange County, NY.

In addition to offering more land and home for your money, our taxes are lower than neighboring states. Pennsylvania does not tax pension income from any resident when it is a normal distribution, and does not tax out-of-state pension income.

The love of flyfishing

I can assist you with your primary home or vacation home, as a first time homebuyer, young at heart retiree or aging in place, and those seeking green home building features. You can begin by reviewing all the information I have made available for you here at Pocono Land And Homes. If you would like to discuss your real estate needs, be it residential homes for sale, land for sale, custom home building, or quick delivery homes for sale in Pike, Wayne and Monroe Counties, PA, please complete the contact section, or give me a call. This area includes Milford, Dingmans Ferry, Lords Valley, Shohola, Westfall, Matamoras, Bushkill, Lackawaxen, Hawley, Honesdale, Lake Wallenpaupak, Lake Ariel, Shawnee, East Stroudsburg, Effort, Blakeslee, Brodheadsville, Buck Hill Falls, Chestnuthill Township.

This is truly the place where you can affordably find the space and good times to reconnect with the people and values most important in your life. We offer it all. A precious legacy for you and your loved ones is awaiting you!